CONTENTS This Psalm contains the devout breathings of the soul. If we read what is here expressed as the language of Christ, and in him of his church, it will be blessed indeed. David's feelings in the wilderness of Judah, very plainly prove what God the Holy Ghost graciously desires the use of thi... [ Continue Reading ]
Here is set before us, what is the first and earnest longing of every devout soul, namely, a sight of God in Christ, and the enjoyment of God in Christ; for these two make up the sum total of happiness, both in this life, and that which is to come. This was what Moses so earnestly longed for, when h... [ Continue Reading ]
Every verse in this beautiful Psalm is a pearl, because every part and portion of it points to Jesus. Whether we hear Christ during his wilderness-exercises thus express himself, or whether David, as one of his redeemed, during his persecutions, or the Church in any of her afflicted members; in eith... [ Continue Reading ]
Reader! do not overlook the Lord Jesus here. As the great and almighty Aaron of his people, he lifted up his hands to bless God for the people, and to bless his people in God. And while viewing Christ in this priestly service (which, remember, is an eternal priesthood), let our hands, our hearts, ou... [ Continue Reading ]
This is a blessed verse, if read with reference to Christ. As God the Father declared himself to be well pleased in his Son's mediation; so Christ is said to be well pleased in finishing the work the Father gave him to do. Nay, Jesus himself said (so delighted was he with the sons of men as their Re... [ Continue Reading ]
It is blessed, at all times, and in all places, to remember God. But many precious souls are so much tossed about by day that they have in their evening meditations frequently to complain, when looking back upon the past, how little they have been occupied in seasons of communion. Reader! do you kno... [ Continue Reading ]
What are those wings, under the shadow of which the soul of the believer rejoiceth, but Jesus, represented by the cherubim which shadowed the mercy-seat? Was not this representation in the old church the propitiatory? And in the new, is not God said to have set forth Christ as a propitiation, throug... [ Continue Reading ]
There is a delightful connection between this verse and the former. The soul which hath found a God in Christ his help, will certainly follow hard after the same, and indeed desire larger manifestations. Reader! is this your case? Have you tasted that the Lord is gracious? If so, saith the apostle,... [ Continue Reading ]
Though we may allow a view to be taken of David's own history in those words, for Saul, and the other foes of David, which did perish by the sword, (1 Samuel 31:4) yet we must look farther to behold their full meaning, in the everlasting destruction of the enemies of Jehovah, and of his Christ. The... [ Continue Reading ]
But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. How very beautifully the Psalm concludes. Jehovah's King, Jehovah's Anointed, must reign: all enemies must be subdued. Jehovah himself is engaged to this, and the Me... [ Continue Reading ]